From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: identifying failed disk/s in an array. Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:00:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20080123140011.628FB2430C@gemini.denx.de> References: <47972CCD.5010600@dgreaves.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:02:21 GMT." <47972CCD.5010600@dgreaves.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Greaves Cc: Tomasz Chmielewski , Michael Harris , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids In message <47972CCD.5010600@dgreaves.com> you wrote: > > And/or use smartctl to look up the make/model/serial number and look at the > drive label. I always do this to make sure I'm pulling the right drive (also > useful to RMA the drive) Or, probblay even faster, do a "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id" (assuming you are using udev). Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de Command, n.: Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control.